Grant No.: 91-11-66-60

Institution: Atlanta University

Atlanta, Georgia

Principal Staff: Dr. Harding B. Young.

Major School or Dept.: Graduate School of Business Administration

Research Objectives: Problems of labor force adjustment to a rapidly changing industrial environment will be analyzed. Particular emphasis will be placed on discriminatory problems-barriers to apprenticeship programs and labor union membership, poor communication about job opportunities, and lack of work orientation-that Negroes and members of other disadvantaged groups have in gaining employment. Results will be used to design programs which will help the unemployed overcome handicaps to successful employment.

Developmental Activities: The University will develop the facilities necessary for long-term manpower research. It will encourage study by faculty members with an interest in labor problems, acquire necessary reference materials and equipment, and train students for careers in the manpower field.

Grant No.: 91-17-66-61

Institution: Iowa State University Ames, Iowa

Principal Staff: Dr. Edward B. Jakubauskas.

Major School or Dept.: Industrial Relations Center

Research Objectives: A multi-disciplinary group of scholars from the departments of psychology, sociology, and economics will study human resource problems in the Great Plains States Region comprising the six States of Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. Of highest priority will be studies leading toward the implementation of manpower programs as a part of a general economic

development plan for the Great Plains States Region. Typical research will include occupational-employment projections for functional economic areas within the region, patterns of labor mobility from rural to urban areas, and employment opportunities and training facilities for women.

Developmental Activities: A manpower research unit within the Industrial Relations Center will be established. This unit will have as its mission the development of a program of co-ordinated manpower research and graduate education for the institutions of higher education in the Great Plains States Region. A nondegree Summer Institute for scholars and advanced graduate students will be offered, as well as research assistantships to graduates of colleges and universities in the region. A clearinghouse of information on current research projects and manpower publications will be established.

Grant No.: 91-21-66-63

Institution: University of Maine Orono, Maine

Principal Staff: Dr. David H. Clark.

Major School or Dept.: College of Business Administration

Research Objectives: The project will entail construction of a model relating manpower underutilization in Maine to sources which cause it, such as community environment. An interdisciplinary research team will investigate four sectors of community environment in which groups concentrate their activities— educational, economic, political, and social. The structure and values of each sector will be examined by scholars in the several disciplines. They will specify and measure causal relationships between the sectors comprising community environment and underutilization of manpower. Results should be applicable to similar areas throughout the United States.

Developmental Activities: Because the project is interdisciplinary, faculty will profit from contact with

members in other fields by considering common problems from varied viewpoints. The project will serve as the training vehicle for both faculty and graduate students in manpower problems and social science research.

Grant No.: 91-35-66-65

Institution: North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, North Carolina

Principal Staff: Dr. Charles E. Bishop, Robert M. Fearn.

Major School or Dept.: Department of Economics

Research Objectives: Investigators will study both manpower problems common to the whole country and those unique to the South. Research will be conducted on the job market behavior of professionals and technicians, on the costs and benefits of retraining workers of different age groups and different skill levels, and on the economic effects of social welfare programs. Studies will try to determine the effect of changing technology on traditional industries on demand for labor, the degree to which skills are transferable from one occupation to another, and the effect of the growing urbanization of Negroes on their labor force participation.

Developmental Activities: A theoretically based, empirically-oriented program of graduate studies for Ph. D. students specializing in labor economics, human resource development, and manpower policy will be established. This program will culminate in a research workshop. It is expected that faculty members and graduate students at Duke University and the University of North Carolina will participate in the research workshop, both by attending sessions and by presenting papers.

Grant No.: 91-38-66-64

Institution: Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma

Principal Staff: Dr. Joseph J. Klos, Dr. Maurice W. Roney, Dr. Robert W. Scofield, Dr. Solomon Sutker, Dr. James D. Tarver.

Research Objectives: A steering committee composed of a staff member from each of the departments of sociology, economics, industrial education, and psychology will stimulate and coordinate manpower research. Demographic studies will be made with particular reference to population changes in southern towns and cities and labor force participation rates in the Ozark low-income area. Research will also be done in the areas of vocational education, occupational analysis, and public welfare programs.

Developmental Activities: A Manpower Research Center will be established to administer the curriculum for manpower trainees and to coordinate university manpower research. Manpower specialists will be trained in a 2-year program which will lead to an M.S. degree.

Grant No.: 91-40-66-62

Institution: Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Principal Staff: Dr. Louis T. Harms.

Major School or Dept.: Department of Economics

Research Objectives: Research will be conducted on human resource development and employment problems. Specifically, a method of constructing economic models of small regions, including analysis of key industries, population projections, and implications of technical change, will be developed. These models will be used in determining manpower needs and human resource development and in eventual planning for vocational educational facilities and programs.

Developmental Activities: A Ph. D. program in economics is being initiated in Fall 1966. The grant will be used to foster original research by both students and faculty in the manpower field as one aspect of the new Ph. D. program. In addition, the department will develop a team of experts who are trained in the con